ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s acting attorney general, who’s been leading legal challenges against Republican President Donald Trump, says she’ll return to her prior role as state solicitor general when Letitia James takes charge of the office in January. ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The prosecutor appointed to investigate allegations that former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman physically abused women says she has closed the case without bringing criminal charges. She said in a brief statement that investigators did ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As the state Legislature prepares to interview candidates for New York attorney general, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he has already spoken with several people interested in filling the job vacancy created when a scandal forced the ...

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If Missouri’s governor, Eric Greitens, is convicted or impeached in the coming weeks, as many in the state now expect, he will join a growing roster of politicians and celebrities in driving home a powerful new lesson: The shape of ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The governor and Manhattan district attorney are putting aside a squabble over who should investigate abuse allegations against former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. appeared at a news conference Thursday with Andrew Cuomo ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Many members of what’s widely known as the kink community are outraged that Eric Schneiderman, in resigning as New York’s attorney general, depicted his alleged violence toward several women as “role-playing and other consensual sexual activity.” ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is investigating allegations of violence against women by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned just hours after accounts of abuse by four women. It was a swift and stunning ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who held himself out as a champion of women and a liberal foil to President Donald Trump, resigned from office after four women accused him of physical violence during intimate ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state law must be clarified to ensure anyone pardoned by President Donald Trump may still be charged with violations of state law, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Wednesday. Schneiderman, a Democrat who ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general is launching an inquiry into the operations of several leading virtual currency trading platforms. The office of Democrat Eric Schneiderman announced Tuesday that it has sent letters to 13 virtual currency exchanges ...

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The New York State Attorney General’s office is holding a gun buyback in Rochester as part of a statewide effort to get firearms off the street and reduce gun violence. Eric Schneiderman says his office and the Rochester Police Department ...

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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pressing two credit monitoring companies to explain what cybersecurity they have in place to protect sensitive consumer information following a recent breach at Equifax that exposed the data of 143 million Americans. In ...

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